As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.
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Sophia Rosenfeld
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
The idea of them working together was born out of friendship, said Capaldo, adding that there are many parallels between the trajectories of the two brands, dressing and engaging with cultural arbiters of their respective times.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
17 Dec. 2025
Collectors long ago replaced curators and critics as arbiters of artistic value, and more people today will hear about the Klimt price than will ever see a Klimt in real life.
The three independent arbitrators Major League Baseball and the Players Association jointly select to decide cases are notoriously unpredictable, making the outcome on Skubal anyone’s guess.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
ExxonMobil received $908 million from arbitrators in 2012.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Still, mainstream Democrats and the Democratic Party seemed inclined to hitch their fates to many of the issues which currently define a politics of domination, like threatening Venezuela or increasing ICE funding, even though for the first time, more voters want to abolish ICE than to keep it.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
In 2024, Dallas voters approved a public safety bond proposition that included $50 million for the new police academy.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
Ten members ended 2025 with stock market returns far exceeding the S&P, the Dow, the Nasdaq or what legendary stock pickers like Warren Buffet achieve.
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Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
The earnings season that kicks off next week looms large for stock pickers, and could cement the recent broadening out of the bull market.
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